I should have mentioned that the newest basic Intel machines are loaded with (at the least) 512 GB SSDs and 16 GB RAM, and cost $500 more than the basic Apple M1 machines (256 GB/8 GB).

Apple is obviously trying to drive sales of the M1s...in more ways than one...

Originally Posted by joemikeb
NOW I UNDERSTAND

I had noticed the MacOS 11.0.1 betas were noticeably slower waking up from sleep and in the initial launch of an app. After. watching today’s event, I realized that Big Sur has been so highly optimized for Apple Silicon it apparently de-optimized some operations for Intel based macs. Be that as it may, I remain more than satisfied with Big Sur’s performance on my Intel based, Mac mini.

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